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A client is diagnosed with liver disease. How would this affect the metabolism of the drugs used to treat the client’s hypothyroidism?

User Nehcsivart
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It would be prolonged.

Step-by-step explanation:

Drug metabolism in the liver is delayed in clients with hypothyroidism and liver disease, so most drugs given to these clients have a prolonged effect.

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Answer: It would be prolonged.

Step-by-step explanation:

The cure for hypothyroidism does not exists and many patients have it for life. Hypothyroid is a condition when the patient have underactive thyroid gland. Too little thyroid hormone is produced in this condition by the thyroid gland. People with hypothyroidism have a liver problem. People are affected by fatty liver disease due to hypothyroidism. The liver is the main organ responsible for drug metabolism in this condition the liver will not function properly thus the metabolism of the drug will be slower down.

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